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Several minutes after surfacing from the second dive on Day 2, the diver experienced numbness and tingling on the right side of her body.

Why are Aotearoa’s te whai rahi oceanic manta rays in big trouble?

DAN medical information specialists and researchers answer your dive medicine questions.

The SS Yongala tragically sinks in a 1911 cyclone, its journey echoed in a salvaged steamship telegraph.

Visitors to Wakatobi often praise the pristine condition of the coral reefs and the exceptional variety of marine life.

Biosecurity New Zealand. How you can protect the coastal waters we all love from the invasive seaweed exoticcaulerpa

"If Raja Ampat is paradise, Triton Bay is the temple of paradise"

Come join Experiencing Marine Reserves for our first Motuora Snorkel Day.

Every year between July and October whales visit Niue waters

Climate change entering uncharted territory.

In & Out: A Beginner’s Guide to Over-Under Photography.

Case Report

Fully-loaded for 2024

A stunning location of light rays, fish and clear blue water

NIWA staff capture stunning "office" views - photo comp winners

The coral gardens all around me were some of the best I had seen in over thirty years diving the Great Barrier Reef.

Discussion regarding the positioning of a diver receiving oxygen first aid.

Northland’s natural environment is something special. With over 3000km of coastline this is a diver’s paradise.

Join Us 24th November to Celebrate "Blue Friday": “Don’t Shop. Dive.”

Warrick Powrie revisits Lamen Bay to see the progress of it resident dugongs

Telling the story of a wreck through the lens of an underwater photographer.

I was happy to fulfil an ambition to dive one of the most celebrated dive areas in the world, the South China Sea, specifically Sabah, East Malaysia - Borneo.

Three tanks. One boat. One day. 11 Celsius. These were the last dives I ever took in cold Northern California waters.

Looking into the glass-like blue water under the boat, a ripple of fear undulated through me, accompanied by a frisson of excitement.

MPI has issued a public health warning against collecting shellfish along the Hawkes Bay coastline between Cape Kidnappers and the Mohaka River.

Glancing at our computers we realise we’ve just gone beyond 45 metres. We’re deep but we’re captivated.

DAN medical information specialists and researchers answer your dive medicine questions.

Your chance to own an oceanfront home with swimming pool and private beach access with access to Micronesia’s best diving spot

Our species focus series continues with the fascinating spotted stargazer (Genyagnus monopterygius)

Back in the 1940s, it was all about diving for adventure as they developed diving gear in the post-WWII years.

Three top tips for getting your buoyancy just right.

Unchanged since Maori and European history began, these fiords are wonderfully inspirational.

The kelp swayed in the current like a Tahitian maiden seducing the tourists. It was all rather hypnotic as schools of fish danced to the ocean movement.

Anyone given New Zealand reef dive can offer upwards of 15 species of triplefin, all within a single arm’s reach.

DAN’s Academy of Dive Medicine works to increase the availability of medical professionals trained in dive medicine.

Always, regardless of having a guide, trust your equipment and experience.

Cold water diving will never be the same after you visit Gulen, just north of Bergen on the Norwegian west coast.

A deep dive into aperture settings for DSLRs and digital still cameras with manual exposure modes in underwater photography.

This is the second in a series aimed of enhancing knowledge of select practically important issues in diving physiology and medicine.

While spearfishing Channel Island we were joined briefly by one of the largest makos I’ve ever seen inside the Gulf. It certainly added to the story.

The largest of at least six species of rockfish in New Zealand, the olive rockfish is the most commonly sighted, and the only one found in estuarine areas.

Omne Marine offers commercial diver training courses starting January 2024. No experience required!

DAN medical information specialists and researchers answer your dive medicine questions.

Some like to say the name "Niue" means ‘behold the coconut’, which is wonderfully whimsical, although it probably just means ‘coconut’.

Environment court ruling updates no-take/no fishing regulations plus trawling and seining bans in areas of the Bay of Islands and Tutukaka Coast

Regular author Steve Miller, shares his love of the underwater treasures that lie within a stone’s throw of Wakatobi Resort’s shoreline.

Worlds Results, Interpac Managers Needed, Upcoming Comps

New Zealand Food Safety has issued a public health warning against collecting shellfish along the Raglan coastline.

GNS Science and Massey University are conducting a study to assess your needs as a boat owner regarding marine tsunami warnings and advisories in New Zealand.

Koh Tao offers some of the cheapest and most diverse diving worldwide. Here's our guide to four locations that showcase the variety on offer to visiting divers.

Off the usual track, we visit a Malay paradise of reefs and wrecks.

Dive incident insight: an example of when the dive computer algorithm can let you down.

A mysterious wreck off the coast of Africa intrigued an international team to investigate further, uncovering one of the most intriguing shipwrecks of all time.

Estuaries are a place of transition, where the land meets the sea, and freshwater meets saltwater. Above all else, estuaries are dynamic.

A quick location guide to the often forgotten dive destination offering glimmering riches beneath its azure liquid surface.

Youtube star Daniel Mann heads to the Barrier spearfishing with local spearo legends Jackson Shields & Sophie Hamilton.

The world-class Indonesian dive resort delivers a full-colour appreciation of the rhythms of life in the sea in jaw-dropping, vivid detail.

The Ministry for Primary Industries has announced daily pāua limit reductions for the lower and central North Island.

Press Release: Diving Talks exhibits collection of underwater photography to the people of Lisbon as thanks for hosting the major annual diving conference.

We discover a diver’s dream destination especially if they are looking for adventure and new discoveries. Seriously though, here's a short taster of Samoa.

A press release from the Beehive outlining plans to ban bottom trawling from the Hauraki Gulf plus notification of the coming public submissions process.

Hot tips for the best experience at Goat Island.

Basic carbon dioxide physiology for divers with Associate Professor Simon Mitchell, University of Auckland.

Wananavu (Fijian) adj. Awesome, breathtaking, overwhelming, wonderful.

Demystifying Digital Camera Sensors

Eric and Anne Simmons visit what is arguably the South Pacific's most famous shark dive destination.

Dive Pacific's guide to dive spots in Canterbury, South Island.

Breathtakingly beautiful, these islands are a must-visit – above and below the water.

If it's been a while you should have a good once-over of gear and technique prior to pulling on the wettie. Here's a few tips to make sure you're good to go!

I am met with thousands of small eyes gazing back at me

I had done a little ‘pre-Antarctic’ conditioning by standing around in a -20°C walk-in freezer. Would it be enough?

The beginning of a wave of new permanent climate change-induced residents.

Spearfishing NZ (The Alderman Islands) on the hunt for big Yellowtail Kingfish and exploring new coastlines and underwater terrain.

The science of seeing underwater when your eyes need a little help from some artificial friends.

A tour of New South Wales with sharks, seals and dragons

For many years I had wanted to dive the wrecks of Great Lakes, a fortuitous series of events dream turned into reality.

"I'm very happy that my mishap occurred while I was diving with an operation that was equipped with sufficient oxygen and knowledgeable staff...

Dive Pacific's quick guide to 8 top spots between Northland's Whangaruru Harbour and Cape Brett

Turtles are what first attracted people to Heron Island in Australia, and they still do today.

Clarke Gayford returns to 'The Rock', and seriously steps up his spearfishing game!

One of Dive Pacific's most travelled contributors, Lee Czerniak, shares his concise thought process of selecting a destination.

The Grand Old Lady - One of the most amazing wreck dives in Vanuatu is right in Port Vila.

Explore the waters of Waitaramoa/Hobson Bay by kayak, launching from Te Tinana beach!

A really nice little video we found on Youtube. Enjoy Northern Kiwis' adventures exploring Wellington's coast on breath-hold diving.

A myriad of beautifully diverse life can be found in the pelagic environment, and with the 4th largest EEZ, New Zealand is particularly bountiful in this regard

Considering psychological factors that may have contributed to the fatal record attempt - Edited text from Andy Davis’ blog after the fatal attempt.

Alexey Molchanov dives 133m deep with a monofin and set a new absolute CWT World Record

The TV series Lost is about people lost on a Pacific island. The Solomon Islands, on the other hand, are islands in the Pacific that are lost.

"I began to feel a strange pain at the base of my skull. Something was wrong."

Dean Syme developed a Cerebral Arterial Gas Embolism, affecting his life dramatically. In the following interview he gives us an insight into his journey

From RNZ's, Nine to Noon show, Kathryn Ryan interviews MPI and the Northland Regional Council is their response to Caulerpa discovered in the Bay of Islands

July update from Legasea - Fish for the People

Come join EMR for a free guided kayak through the beautiful Whangateau Harbour. Spot native wildlife with Experiencing Marine Reserves.

Travelling from one side of our planet to the other, I have made it my mission to swim with and photograph marine life.

A diver's guide to Marlborough at the top of New Zealand's South Island - compiled by Dive Pacific

Tahiti and her islands are tantalising, tropical treasures, and its world class islands are breathtakingly beautiful.

Rarotonga is a volcanic cone that rises from the sea floor 4000m below, nature’s own FAD (fish aggregation device) if you will.

On the ‘to do’ list for over a decade, finally, after 16 hours on planes, three hours on a bus and a 20-hour crossing by boat, I was there!

“Hi Alan, I’m back for more!” were my words to Alan Raabe, skipper and renowned figure in the dive world, welcoming me back aboard his FeBrina.

From RNZ's, The Detail podcast series, is the RMS Niagara wreck an oil spill disaster waiting to happen?